nuclear option | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)In resolving a problem, the possiblecourse of actionthat is considered the most extreme because of itscollateralconsequences.2022May 14, Richard Fausset, quoting Matt Storey, “Beach Houses on the Outer Banks Are Being Swallowed by the Sea”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:Mr. Storey said his “nuclear option” was moving to Ocean Drive and living in his house full time, but that, too, came with obvious risks.2023May 15, Charlie Campbell, “The Voting in Thailand’s Election Is Finished, But the Politicking Is Just Beginning”, inTime‎[2]:In a land that has weathered 12 military coups in the past 91 years, the specter of military intervention looms large, though Thitinan calls it a “nuclear option” given the challenges any new junta would face.; (US politics)Aprocedureby which theUnited StatesSenatecan decide any issue with asimple majority, rather than the usualsupermajority.2017April 5, Steven Waldman, “Learning to Love the Nuclear Option”, inThe New York Times‎[3],→ISSN:So now that the Republicans have used thenuclear optionto kill the poor filibuster to clear the way for the elevation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, we can lose perspective.

Examples:

EN: 'The nuclear option.
ES: La opción nuclear.
EN: We can get rid of the nuclear option.
ES: Podemos librarnos de la opción nuclear.
EN: What's the... nuclear option?
ES: ¿Qué es la... opción nuclear?
EN: He went for the nuclear option and now we're all paying for it.
ES: tomo la opción nuclear y todos estamos pagándolo.
EN: I think it's time to consider the nuclear option.
ES: Creo que es el momento de considerar la opción nuclear.
EN: But this is kind of the nuclear option.
ES: Podrá hacer borrón y cuenta nueva. Pero esta es como la solución nuclear.
EN: We need the nuclear option.
ES: Necesitamos la opción nuclear.
EN: That's a nuclear option that could just blow up in our faces, okay?
ES: Es como una opción nuclear que podría explotarnos en la cara.
EN: And for the demons who can't get cast out, sort of a nuclear option.
ES: Y para los Demonios que no podemos expulsar, es una especie de opción nuclear.
EN: I need a nuclear option.
ES: Necesito una opción nuclear.
EN: We're not ready for the nuclear option.
ES: No estamos listos para la opción nuclear.
EN: That makes much more sense than the nuclear option of ruining both our lives.
ES: Es mucho más sensato que la alternativa nuclear de arruinar las vidas de los dos.
EN: You have to understand, this my nuclear option.
ES: Tiene que entender, esta es mi última opción.
EN: It's either that or the nuclear option.
ES: Es eso o la opción nuclear.
EN: I think that was you. You went straight to the nuclear option.
ES: Creo que fuiste tú la que fue directa a la opción nuclear.

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